Table 1
Travel between Canada and other countries – Seasonally adjusted
| February 2016r |
January 2017r |
February 2017p |
January to February 2017 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | % change1 | |
| Canadian trips abroad2 | 4,277 | 4,608 | 4,597 | -0.2 |
| To the United States | 3,313 | 3,588 | 3,550 | -1.0 |
| To other countries | 965 | 1,020 | 1,046 | 2.6 |
| Same-day car trips to the United States | 1,725 | 1,855 | 1,840 | -0.8 |
| Total trips, one or more nights | 2,525 | 2,722 | 2,724 | 0.1 |
| United States3 | 1,560 | 1,702 | 1,678 | -1.4 |
| Car | 845 | 931 | 921 | -1.1 |
| Plane | 633 | 687 | 673 | -2.1 |
| Other modes of transportation | 82 | 83 | 84 | 0.6 |
| Other countries | 965 | 1,020 | 1,046 | 2.6 |
| Travel to Canada2 | 2,500 | 2,573 | 2,546 | -1.1 |
| From the United States | 2,008 | 2,018 | 1,996 | -1.1 |
| From other countries | 491 | 555 | 550 | -0.9 |
| Same-day car trips from the United States | 704 | 680 | 673 | -1.0 |
| Total trips, one or more nights | 1,639 | 1,738 | 1,718 | -1.2 |
| United States3 | 1,163 | 1,198 | 1,182 | -1.4 |
| Car | 671 | 689 | 685 | -0.6 |
| Plane | 385 | 393 | 381 | -3.0 |
| Other modes of transportation | 107 | 117 | 116 | -0.3 |
| Other countries4 | 477 | 540 | 536 | -0.7 |
| Travel to Canada: Top overseas markets,5 by country of origin6 | ||||
| United Kingdom | 65 | 74 | 76 | 2.1 |
| China | 49 | 58 | 54 | -5.8 |
| France | 44 | 47 | 47 | -0.3 |
| Germany | 30 | 31 | 31 | 0.5 |
| Japan | 26 | 32 | 31 | -4.8 |
| Australia | 26 | 32 | 30 | -5.6 |
| Mexico | 18 | 28 | 30 | 6.7 |
| South Korea | 21 | 24 | 21 | -12.1 |
| India | 18 | 21 | 20 | -4.2 |
| Netherlands | 10 | 12 | 14 | 17.4 |
| Hong Kong | 13 | 13 | 13 | 0.5 |
| Switzerland | 10 | 10 | 11 | 2.1 |
Table note 1
Percentage change is based on unrounded data.
Table note 2
Totals exceed the sum of "same-day car trips" and "total trips, one or more nights" because they include all of the same-day trips.
Table note 3
Data for the United States include counts of cars and buses, and data for planes, trains, boats and other methods of transportation.
Table note 4
Figures for other countries exclude same-day entries by land only via the United States.
Table note 5
Overseas markets refer to countries other than the United States.
Table note 6
Includes same-day and overnight trips.
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